Driver Smashes Into Moreno Valley Home, 1 Hospitalized

MORENO VALLEY, CA — A car struck a single-story Moreno Valley home Thursday morning, injuring the driver and damaging the structure, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department information officer Jasmine Wood.

Shortly before 10:30 a.m., a vehicle collided with a home in the 10500 block of Village Road in Moreno Valley for unidentified reasons. Arriving medics tended to the driver, who was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with moderate injuries.

"The structure has significant damage, but the occupants inside were not injured," Wood said.

According to Wood, building and Safety officers will investigate the home to ensure it remains structurally sound.

Crews from Cal Fire's Station No. 48, located across the street from the single-story home, were first at the scene. The car had plowed partially inside the front of the house, near the garage, visibly damaging water pipes and electrical lines.

The motorist, whose identity was not disclosed, was taken to Riverside University Medical Center nearby for treatment.

SoCal Gas Co. technicians were called to the location due to concerns about possible impacts to natural gas lines outside the home. Moreno Valley Building Department inspectors were also summoned to gauge the residence's structural integrity in the wake of the damage.

Sheriff's deputies were investigating the cause of the crash.